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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Summary orders.

Article 486-1

Where the application for interim relief relates to an investigative measure carried out by a technician or to an expert assessment measure, the defendant who has indicated, before the hearing, that h…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Optional provisional enforcement

Article 517-4

When a case is referred to it pursuant to articles 517-1,517-2 and 517-3, the First President shall give an interim ruling, in a decision that is not subject to appeal.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to oral proceedings

Article 446-2

…the pleadings must expressly state the claims as well as the pleas in fact and in law on which each of these claims is based with an indication for each claim of the exhibits relied on and their numbe…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Judgments in accelerated proceedings on the merits

Article 481-1

…investigated and judged under the following conditions: 1° The application shall be brought by way of a summons to a hearing held on the day and at the time set for that purpose; 2° The court shall b…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Appeal by the Public Prosecutor at the Cour de cassation

Article 639-4

…provided for in Articles 1011 to 1022 shall apply to appeals brought pursuant to Articles 17 and 18 of law no. 67-523 of 3 July 1967.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-4

…ation that has been duly registered for at least five years and that proposes, through its articles of association, to combat crimes against humanity or war crimes or to defend the moral interests and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-4

I. - In the performance of their duties, all officers of the national police force or the national gendarmerie may be authorised not to be identified by their first and last names in the procedural do…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 4-1

The absence of unintentional criminal fault within the meaning of Article 121-3 of the Criminal Code does not prevent an action being brought before the civil courts to obtain compensation for damage…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle III: Victims' rights

Article 10-4

At all stages of the investigation, the victim may, at his or her request, be accompanied by his or her legal representative and by the adult of his or her choice, including by a lawyer, unless a reas…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 44-1

For offences that municipal police officers are authorised to record by means of a procès-verbal in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 511-1 and L. 512-2 of the Internal Security Code and w…

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